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Tuesday, May 9, 2017

Mix Media Inspired Girl Mantra Pillows

Once again I find it hard to find time to properly blog.

I enjoy the creative part so much more, it's difficult to set aside time to handle all the social media. I think I do a better job with Instagram (especially since I have it linked to Isa Creations Vintage on Facebook).

My first outdoor market of the season was last Saturday-

A Paris Street Market

I'll post photos and details about that later.

Today, my post will be about my new mix media inspired Girl Mantra Pillows.

Although I rarely have time to paint, it remains one of my favorites.
I decided to experiment by painting three girls face and neck on canvas. Then I transformed my canvas artwork into fabric. I created various patters for hair.
I stitched everything together on a pillow. I added crochet flowers from vintage doilies. The back of the pillows is a tattered vintage quilt. Finally I stitched an inspirational Mantra. All the pillows have a zipper closure.
All the pillows are truly one of a kind-
Incorporate my own original artwork
These were rather labor intensive to create- I only hope people can appreciate the time and love that went into each handcrafted pillow.
Deconstructing doilies to get the crochet flowers made for a pretty photo.
Photos of my new mix media inspired pillows:)

Also created a few pillows from vintage Embroidered quits and table runner (house).

 

Thursday, February 23, 2017

Rebel Junk Vintage Market in Loveland

I will be a vendor at the Rebel Junk Vintage Market in Loveland this Friday and Saturday -February 24th and 25th at The Ranch Complex.
Created more items than originally planned for this market (that is rare - I usually run out of time).
A few highlights are a new line of flour sack tea towels using quilted flowers from a vintage tattered quilt and my favorite technique- sewing illustration along with my favorite 12 wt aurifil threads in teal, green and black.
Here are the details to the market.
 

Check the market website for ticket information Rebel Junk
More tea towels - a row of houses using a tattered quilt and sewing illustration technique.
Created lots of house shaped pillows. Had hoped to create a few but ended up creating 18 pillows!